stringing questions

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Charles,

I pre-coil my strings 2 1/2 turns around a dummy pin, pry them off, then put 
them on the pin.   Makes it easier to get a clean coil, and saves wear and 
tear on the pin block, because you only have to back the pin out a turn and a 
half or so.

It gets easier, but the funny thing about string replacement is that each one 
I've done has something different.  I guess that's one of the interesting 
things about piano work!

Dave Stahl

In a message dated 5/29/03 11:36:22 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
piano@charlesneuman.net writes:


> My coil lifter wouldn't fit between the tuning pins on a spinet, and it
> was tricky getting it to fit on a grand whose string I replaced. What do
> you do if it doesn't fit? Are there coil lifters that work better in
> confined spaces?
> 
> Do most people make their own coils before installing strings on the
> tuning pins? As I understand it, you just do that to one side, and then
> for the other side you make a coil on the tuning pin while you are
> installing it.
> 
> I was taught how to make both coils on the tuning pins while the string is
> being installed. It's nice to know how to do that in case I forget or lose
> my coil-making tool (which I plan to make soon), but it looks like it
> would be easier to use a coil-making tool.



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